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2021 Planning and Global Economic Collapse

SaaStr

We’ve been through ups-and-downs in SaaS since 2012 (the start of SaaStr), flash crashes, multiple contractions, as well as the crazy bull run of 2020. But this is the first “Sky is Falling” post on SaaStr but only for a very specific reason — 2021 Planning. before September 2021. But we didn’t.

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Is it Really ARR? In 2021+, Yes. As Long As NRR is > 100%

SaaStr

It’s just only a minority is under a contract. And almost none is under a long-term contract. Wow! But almost none of its revenue is truly SaaS or provided under a fixed, recurring contract. That ends up acting a lot like a traditional SaaS software contract at a practical level. In 2021+, Yes.

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The Annual Per-Seat SaaS Contract: Not Quite The Gold Standard It Used To Be

SaaStr

Fast forward to 2021, and many SaaS and similar products don’t really charge upfront fees: 50% of Zoom customers pay monthly. ServiceNow does primarily 3 year, $1M+ contracts , for example. All of Qualtrics’ almost $1B in ARR is on annual contracts. But, the model didn’t really keep up with the times.

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These are the 5 best data-backed sales tips of 2021

Gong.io

To help you get the most out of your year end, I pulled together the 5 best data-backed tips of 2021. . The due diligence crowd : Budget approvers, legal/contract reviewers, and procurement analysts . The post These are the 5 best data-backed sales tips of 2021 appeared first on Gong. Why did we do it? Share ‘em. (I

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SaaS Rule of 40 Drivers Using KeyBanc’s 2021 SaaS Survey

SaaStr

” Fortunately, the always excellent KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM) 2021 SaaS Survey – which covers over 350 private SaaS companies across various stages and categories – provides a very rich data set to work from. Rule of 40: Average Contract Value (ACV). What Is The SaaS “Rule of 40”?

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Annual Layoffs: The New “Best Practice”?

SaaStr

The average SaaS public company is now at $300k in revenue per employee, up from less than $200k in 2021. Will it damage the social contract? Perhaps the social contract in tech between company and employee is long gone. Perhaps even Quit Quitting started it, and 2021 fueled it. Today, it’s the New Normal. Perhaps not.

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GetAccept vs DocuSign: 2021 comparison

PandaDoc

As a sales enablement platform, GetAccept is focused on helping you manage your entire contract workflow, from first draft to final signature. DocuSign isn’t built to be a complete contract solution in the same way that GetAccept (or PandaDoc ) tries to be. is focused on the final stage of the contracting process: Signature creation.